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Nations League will push our players to breaking point

Michael Grant

August 26 2015, 1:01am, The Times

McGinn, left, the Aberdeen winger, barely had a month off last seasonAlan Harvey/SNS

OK, this may not be the best time to appeal for sympathy and understanding for the occasional hardships endured by professional footballers, what with this Jermain Defoe matter occupying our thoughts. For those who missed it, Defoe placed an advertisement on a jobs website to find a personal assistant — £50,000-£60,000 per year, if you’re interested — who would take care of all the tiresome inconveniences of existing as a functioning human being. The lucky applicant would be expected to do pretty much everything up to and including “create a global brand for the Jermain Defoe name”, produce “his own iPhone apps” and “create his own clothing line/fragrance”. This brain of Britain candidate had better be able to stock the Defoe fridge and water the Defoe plants,…